And more... including Marco, Justin, and Bryan of Helsinki Design Lab.

What is happening?

HDL 2013 starts as a conference and ends as drinks. There will be presentations from smart people who've inspired us at HDL as well as some surprises along the way. We hope you'll stay for the whole thing, but you don't have to. It is a work night, after all. We'll be serving food by Antto Melasniemi and his excellent team at Kellohalli.

Why an event?

In many ways strategic design is still a nebulous term that does not have an established community or journalism, so we see this as an opportunity for strategic designers to come together and grow the strength of the community in the process.

Getting to Kellohalli

Kellohalli is located within walking distance of the Kalasatama metro stop. Once you reach the ground floor, turn to your left and follow the signs painted on the ground towards "Teurastamo". There will also be white balloons marking the way. Otherwise, taxis can take you to Työpajankatu 2 for approximately €12-20 from points within central Helsinki.

The building you're looking for looks like this. Kellohalli means "clock hall," so look for the clock.

Other things to do in Helsinki

For those of you with extra free time in town, we're prepared a list of some of our favorite things to do.

Dress code?

Casual.

Bonus!

We will be giving away copies of HDL publications, including a set of limited edition posters created specially for HDL 2013 by TwoPoints.

Information for international guests

For those of you who are traveling to Helsinki from abroad, below is some advice about basic logistics.

Hotels

All are centrally located within walking distance from the Metro, which will take you to the location of HDL 2013.